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Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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STEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator. Testing wisdom, friendly, songs and poems. Great minds think differently
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Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
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Cultivate professional trust and accountability by using detailed documentation to demonstrate due diligence and quantify risk for stakeholders.
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Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
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Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
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Is a tech community worth your time?
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Having AI coding agents write code for you is all well and good, but it all costs... like a modern fairground and seaside arcade, we don't see these costs directly as cash money. Instead, we have u...
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Devs be like
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Devs be like
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Accessibility people are a superpower
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The Testrig Perspective blog on automation, selenium and playwright amongst others
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There are a number of tools like Axe as the tool we use to assess accessibility. Where do the tools fall short?
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For my AMA on Accessibility Testing, Gary Hawkes asked. "There are a number of tools like Axe as the tool we use to assess accessibility. Where do the tools fall short?" This is a great question, a...
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18.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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17.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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3.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Lone Tester AMA Answer - How do you balance testing and influencing the team to make quality a priority?
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3.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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2.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Lone Tester AMA Answer - How do you balance testing and influencing the team to make quality a priority?
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4.3.1 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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"Great answer, thank you "
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After putting out a call for AMA about Working as a Lone Tester, Ady Stokes asked, "How do you balance testing and influencing the team to make quality a priority?" This is a big question. Let's di...
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Lone Tester AMA Answer - How do you balance testing and influencing the team to make quality a priority?
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Lone Tester AMA Answer - How do you balance testing and influencing the team to make quality a priority?
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1.7.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Lone Tester AMA - How do you balance testing and influencing the team to make quality a priority?
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After putting out a call for AMA about Working as a Lone Tester, Ady Stokes asked, "How do you balance testing and influencing the team to make quality a priority?" This is a big question. Let's di...
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99 Second Talks – Day 1 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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99 Second Talks – Day 1 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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2.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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AI is stateless.It doesn't know or remember anything about you. The state has to be managed externally. You share your context with it via "prompts".For a normal AI chatbot (eg, ChatGPT), you...
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AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering?
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AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering?
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AMA Answer: What's the relationship between context engineering and prompt engineering?
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1.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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The Book That Talked Back
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Member joined MoT Leeds chapter
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Member joined MoT Leeds chapter
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Everyday accessibility: 7 ways to do a little a11y every day
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Member joined MoT Leeds chapter
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Link was chosen by the Goddesses of Quality Assurance to guard the realm from the Great Calamity (otherwise known as "Deadlines"). He spends his days navigating the complex labyrinths of offic...
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Link - Guardian of the MoTaverse
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Link - Guardian of the MoTaverse
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"Beautiful floofs <3"
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Luna - our white Lion from Sirius, protector of the realm.Munja (eng. Flash) - our Black Lightning, a shadow hunter.
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Luna & Munja (Flash) - Guardians of the MoTaverse
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Luna & Munja (Flash) - Guardians of the MoTaverse
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Richard Adams asks:
How do you engage stakeholders, such as devs & product, with the findings from your exploratory testing session?
Things that I've found helpful:
Establishing an agreement th...
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